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The short answer to the question in the title of this post is almost certainly \u201cno.\u201d But it still seemed worth sharing the news article that came to my attention, claiming that an archaeologist has found the tomb of Judas, and in it, a pipe with traces of cannabis resin. I suspect that this may […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,67],"tags":[1549,1552,2870,5979,6994,12722],"class_list":["post-22102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archaeology","category-new-testament-bible","tag-cannabis","tag-cannibis","tag-drugs","tag-judas","tag-marijuana","tag-tomb"],"yoast_head":"\n
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